Language at the University of Essex Postgraduate Conference

Talks

• Tracey Costley and Colin Reilly (University of Essex) - Researching multilingualism multilingually: insights, reflections and future directions (.pdf)
• Marije Michel (University of Groningen) - Ch@t @lign – Language learning via text messaging (.pdf) 
• Ian Cunnings (University of Reading) - Similarity-based interference and linguistic dependencies in first and second language processing (.pdf) 
• Christine Muir (University of Nottingham) - Whose motivation is it anyway? Reassessing, reflecting and refocusing priorities (.pdf)

Our PhD students participated both in presentations and poster sessions from various areas of linguistics. Read more about the LangUE 2021 Proceedings, which includes articles and more information about the fascinating presentations of some of our participants.

Proceedings

• Rouvalis Andreas (University of Patras) - Prefixoids in the secret Greek gay language Kaliarda (.pdf)
• Andrea Brugnoli (Universita degli Studi di Verona) - And syllable weight in Italian and German secondary stress (.pdf)
• Chandeera Gunawardena (University of Kelaniya) - Measuring implicit and explicit grammatical knowledge in second language acquisition (.pdf)
• Alice Karbanova (Masaryk University) - Analogy and convergence between the cognitive processing of textual meaning and music: theoretical considerations of a song as a complex semiotic object (.pdf)
• Ahmad Khatatneh (University of Szeged) - Copular clauses in modern standard Arabic (.pdf)

Talks

• Darja Bartkute (Vytautas Magnus University) - Spatial Deitics in Translation - A Case of Proximal Demonstratives in English and Lithuanian (.pdf)
• Kerri-Ann Butcher (University of Cambridge) - Mapping a Merger - Accelerated Spatial and Temporal Linguistic Change in East Anglian English (.pdf)
• Bingxin Cai (University of Essex) - L1 Attrition Effect on the Pragmatic Use of Ba Construction (.pdf)
• Laurence Craven (University of Essex) - The Effect of Different Forms of Unfocused Written Corrective Feedback on Academic Writing Students' Proficiency (.pdf)
• Lorena Salud Gadella Kamstra (University of Essex) - EFL Teachers' (De)Motivation and Awareness - A Qualitative Study (.pdf)
• Sophie Liggins (University of Essex) - Heritage Language Maintenance in UK Secondary School Students (.pdf)
• Nitchamon Suvongse and Natthapong Chanyoo (Mahidol University) - Factors Contributing to Willingness to Communicate in English of Thai Undergraduate Students in the Immersion Programme (.pdf)
• Willem Van Boxtel (University of Essex) - Inhibitory Control in Bilingual STROOP Tasks - Evidence from ERPs and Reaction Time (.pdf)
• Sharaf Y. Yassin (University of Essex) - What does Agreement in Palestinian Arabic tell us about the Perception of its Speakers (.pdf)

Our PhD students participated both in presentations and poster sessions from various areas of linguistics. Find out more about the LangUE 2019 Proceedings, which details information about the fascinating presentations throughout the day.

Talks

• Dr Adam Schembri (University of Birmingham) - "The BSL Corpus and sign linguistics: what we're learning about the structure and use of BSL".
• Dr Yuni Kim (University of Essex) - "Roots and lexical categories in Huave".
• Dr Christina Kim (University of Kent) - "Learning how individual speakers use language: Imprecision, contrast and lexical meaning".

Our PhD students participated both in presentations and poster sessions from various areas of linguistics. Find out more about the LangUE 2018 Proceedings, which includes articles and more information about the fascinating presentations of some of our participants.

Talks

• Professor Adam Ledgeway (University of Cambridge) - "Deconstructing (non-) configurationality: the Latin - Romance Transition."
• Professor Leah Roberts (University of York) - grammatical processing in L2 learning.
• Professor Bob Borsley (University of Essex) "not screwing up interrogatives."

Our PhD students participated both in presentations and poster session from various areas of linguistics. 

Talks

• Professor Paula Meara (University of Swansea) "Boolean Lexicons: very simple computer models of how lexicons might work".
• Professor Ianthi Tsimpli (University of Cambridge) "Simultaneous and sequential bilingualism: does the difference matter?".
• Professor Bob Borsley (University of Essex) "Why are good grammar books big?". They delighted participants with their fascinating talks which covered all areas of Linguistics.

Talks

• Professor Florence Myles (University of Essex) - the importance of SLA theory when designing L2 corpora.
• Professor Janet Watson (University of Leeds) - a community based, multimodal documentation of the Modern South Arabian Languages.
• Professor Bas Aarts (University College London) - whether English has a subordinator "for".

Students' presentations also focused on various linguistic topics. The conference provided the opportunity for both speakers and attendees to engage in meaningful discussions and it was a great opportunity for social interaction and networking.